The new EU enlargement methodology aimed to reinvigorate the accession process and make it more effective. In practice, the process is somewhat slower than expected. There are growing concerns that the new enlargement methodology is not alone sufficient to deliver the hoped-for gains in democratisation and structural reforms towards the goal of EU membership. This […]
Clients: Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence Implementers: the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ in collaboration with the Think for Europe network. Starting from August 2021, the Think for Europe Network (TEN) commenced its work on the research project “the EU as a promoter of democracy or ‘stabilitocracy’ in the Western Balkans?”. […]
The objective of the initiative is to use track-two diplomacy deliberations to explore how to intensify economic, political and societal cooperation between France and the Western Balkans. The project will contribute to the reflection about the implementation of the French Strategy on the Western Balkans through recommendations from the region. EPI will organise one of […]
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT: Mediate, do not hesitate (funded by the the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Skopje) Project lead: European Policy Institute (EPI) – Skopje Project partners: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors “Pavel Shatev” Chamber of Mediators of the Republic of North Macedonia Mediators Federation […]
The project “Make Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective” directly contributes to inclusive and participatory policy making at the EU level by allowing WB and EU citizens citizens to share their views on how to address transnational issues of common interest. The project is consisted of several interconnected activities. Eight […]
In December 2019, the EU granted support for the continuation of WeBER – the Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform, a three-year project that was implemented from 2015 to 2018, funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Guided by the SIGMA Principles, WeBER has […]
This project aims to assess the impact of 2019 events, (Brexit, EU elections) over integration perspective of the WB countries and contribute to the process positively. The project will gather three organizations with experience in EU integration research and produce 3 policy briefs that will carefully and concisely asses the current situation in light of […]
In partnership with the University of Utrecht, , Migration Policy Group и Human European Consultancy, as of January 2019, the European Policy Institute will participate in the work of the European Commission’s network – ‘European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-discrimination‘ with Biljana Kotevska as its member. This network monitors the transposition of EU acquis on non-discrimination and gender […]
The European Policy Institute – Skopje (EPI) started implementing the project “Partnership Justitia: Regaining Citizens’ Trust”, The overall objective of the project is to contribute to regaining citizens’ trust in Macedonia’s justice sector by meaningful civil society involvement in substantive reforms. Specific objectives: 1. To provide structured monitoring and comprehensive input to the implementation of the […]
The European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has chosen the European Policy Institute – Skopje (EPI) as its partner from Macedonia to conduct research on issues of its competence. FRA is one of the decentralized agencies of the European Union and is the center of expertise for fundamental rights of the European Union. The purpose of this agency […]
